Posts for ‘Brutal Truth’


Review Rundown I

Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Today we launch new weekly column Review Rundown, where we get down to brass tacks on a half-dozen recent/forthcoming releases each week, pulled from all genres with no restrictions. The idea for this column came as I have been talking to several of my friends who also head online mags, and the fact that reviews are consistently the least popular, least-viewed aspects of online mags. It makes sense really. Why sit through a 30-minute review when you could just listen to album through various sources all over the Web? Occasionally an album is so breathtakingly awesome that it requires an archeological record, but for the most part, music fans just want to be pointed in the right direction and ...

Brutal Truth Announce Tour Dates

Friday, December 10th, 2010
Brutal Truth Band Photo Live NYC's legendary grindcore outfit, Brutal Truth have just announced a series of Southern U.S. tour dates and a string of shows in Southern Cali in January. The band continues to support their latest full-length, Evolution Through Revolution, available at Relapse Records. BRUTAL TRUTH Tour Dates: Dec. 10 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn Dec. 11 Tampa, FL Brass Mug Dec. 12 Orlando, FL ...

Brutal Truth to Shoot Documentary

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Filmmaker David Hall and the reformed BRUTAL TRUTH have joined forces as Hall's production company, Handshake Inc., heads to Winnipeg to document the band's performance at the 2010 Manitoba Metal Fest. Hall explains that his intent is "to provide fans and film lovers a glimpse behind the curtain of one of underground music's most relevant and enigmatic bands." The documentary will trace how fans respond to and value the music of BRUTAL TRUTH but also explore the persona of BRUTAL TRUTH in an honest manner; applying the tenants of the underground to all aspects of the film-making. Read More

Brutal Truth

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Label: Relapse
Website: www.BrutalTruth.com

It is doubtful the most extreme end of the musical spectrum has ever possessed such a transfixing dichotomy as BRUTAL TRUTH. The band progressed with boundless enthusiasm through the primal fury of traditional grindcore and hardcore punk. They attacked suffocating city life on the edge of the 21st century and its media noise overload with the bare-knuckled forcefulness of passion, conviction and a simple love for playing music. They created chaos with a surgical precision and finesse unmatched by their peers. The primitive origins of BRUTAL TRUTH can be traced back to the early nineties when infamous bassist extraordinaire Danny Lilker created the group. The initial three-piece lineup featuring Danny on vocals/bass, guitarist Brent "Gurn" McCarty ...